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oudalrich

Dec 11 2003, 04:54

Hello,

I tried to convert some files with diskwriter using this formatting string (my portable only works correctly with 8.3 filenames, in case you wonder):

CODE

$if($and(%artist%,$and(%title%,$and(%album%,%tracknumber%))),
%artist%\%album%\$cut($abbr(%artist%),3)$cut($abbr(%album%),3)$num(%tracknumber%,2),
%_filename%)

What I get are directories named [SYNTAX ERROR IN FORMATTING STRING] (something like that). What mistake am I making? This works (backslashes removed):

CODE

$if($and(%artist%,$and(%title%,$and(%album%,%tracknumber%))),
%artist%%album%$cut($abbr(%artist%),3)$cut($abbr(%album%),3)$num(%tracknumber%,2),
%_filename%)

And this also works:

CODE

%artist%\%album%\$cut($abbr(%artist%),3)$cut($abbr(%album%),3)$num(%tracknumber%,2)

Any help appreciated.

foosion

Dec 11 2003, 05:20

Diskwriter splits the string at backslashes before evaluating it.

oudalrich

Dec 11 2003, 06:08

Hmm. Any workarounds?

nyarlathotep

Dec 11 2003, 06:33

Try:

CODE

$if($and(%artist%,%title%,%album%,%tracknumber%),%artist%,)\
$if($and(%artist%,%title%,%album%,%tracknumber%),%album%,)\
$if($and(%artist%,%title%,%album%,%tracknumber%),
$cut($abbr(%artist%),3)$cut($abbr(%album%),3)$num(%tracknumber%,2),
%_filename%)

note: successive backslashes will be merged into one and directories with an empty name are not created.

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